About Annie
Annie was born and raised in Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan -- growing up she was exposed to Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese Folk Religion. She is graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University (天主教輔仁大學) where she majored in Religious Studies. It was during that time that she developed an interest in Christianity through her studies at the University and the witness of a missionary from New Zealand. She would often compare Christianity to the traditional Taiwanese religions but found that Christianity alone answers all of life's ultimate questions.
Annie remembers when she first became a Christian she had to choose whether to bow down to worship her ancestors. When she told her family that she could no longer burn incense and spirit money to worship the family gods, they accepted her decision and stopped pushing her to continue these traditional forms of worship in Taiwan.
Eric and Annie first met at New Hope Church in Taipei City where Eric came to work as a Pastoral intern. His interest in Taiwanese culture and his desire for more Taiwanese people to hear the Gospel resonated with her. As they got to know one another better, Eric shared with Annie his vision of church planting in Taiwan and she was moved by his concern for the people of Taiwan. They were married in 2009 and God has been so faithful to them wherever they go. Annie loves Taiwan and is eager to share the Good News. She has many years of experience teaching and tutoring English and hopes to continue to use her English abilities as a means of sharing her passion and love for Christ with other Taiwanese people.
After regularly attending New Hope Church and then moving to America and joining a PCA Church in California -- Annie learned to appreciate more and more the doctrines of grace and a Gospel centered understanding of the Christian faith.
大學時期安妮進一步了解基督教神學, 結婚後移居美國從而認識改革宗神學, 對於基督信仰有一番重新的認識, 懷著對於基督的執著和熱誠, 期待回到台灣和大家分享!